History of Rock and Roll - Spring 2017

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  5. 1 - Blues: The Sound of Rural Poverty
  6. 2 - The Blues and the Great Migration
  7. Artist Profile - Muddy Waters
  8. 3 - The Birth of the Electric Guitar
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  52. 33 - Ska
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  56. 36 - Girl & Boy Band Pop
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Home > Artist Profile - Muddy Waters

Artist Profile - Muddy Waters

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  1. Muddy Waters - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Muddy Waters - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Inductee Bio for Muddy Waters. Please Read!

1. Muddy Waters - "I Feel Like Going Home"

1. Muddy Waters - "I Feel Like Going Home"

Well, it gettin' Late on into the evenin' and I feel like, like blowin' my home When I woke up this mornin' all I had, I had was gone Late on into the evenin', child, I feel like, like blowin' my home Well now, woke up this mornin', all I had was gone Well, Brooks run into the ocean, the ocean run in, into the sea If I don't find my baby, somebody gonna sure bury me Brooks run into the ocean, boys, that old ocean run into the sea Well now, if I don't find my baby, somebody sure gonna bury me Well, minutes seemed like hours, but don't it seem like days? Seems like my baby would stop her old evil way Minutes seemed like hours, an hour seemed like days Well, seems like my baby, whoo-hoo well, boy Would stop her low down ways

2. Muddy Waters - "My Home is in the Delta"

2. Muddy Waters - "My Home is in the Delta"

Well, my home's in the delta Way out on that farmer's road Now you know I'm leaving Chicago And people, I sure do hate to go Now you know I'm leaving here in the morning Won't be back no more Well, I know my little baby This girl don't know what a shape I'm in You know I haven't had no lovin' Boy, you know, in God-knows-when Now you know I just been sittin' here thinkin' Wondering where in the world she benn Look out Well, I feel like cryin' But you know, the tears won't come down I feel like cryin' But you know, the tears won't come down Ah, you know I got a funny feelin' I'm gonna have to leave your town Hm-mm-mm have mercy Hm-mm-mm Ah, you know I just been sittin' here thinkin' Wondering where in the world she been

3. Muddy Waters - "I Can't Be Satisfied"

3. Muddy Waters - "I Can't Be Satisfied"

Well I'm goin' away to leave Won't be back no more Goin' back down south, child Don't you want to go? Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I just can't be satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin' Well I feel like snappin' Pistol in your face I'm gonna let some graveyard Lord be your resting place Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I can never be satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin' Well now all in my sleep Hear my doorbell ring Looking for my baby I couldn't see not a doggone thing Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind Well honey I could never be satisfied And I just couldn't keep from cryin' Well I know my little old baby She gonna jump and shout That old train be late man, Lord And I come walking out I be troubled, I be all worried in mind Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied And I just can't keep from crying

4. Muddy Waters - "Rollin' Stone"

4. Muddy Waters - "Rollin' Stone"

Well, I wish, I was a catfish Swimmin' in a oh, deep blue sea I would have all you good lookin' women Fishin', fishin' after me Sure 'nough, after me Sure 'nough, after me Oh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough I went to my baby's house And I sit down oh, on her steps She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy" You know, my husband just now left Sure 'nough, he just now left Sure 'nough, he just now left Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well Well, my mother told my father Just before hmm, I was born "I got a boy child's comin' He's gonna be, he's gonna be a "Rollin' Stone" Sure 'nough, he's a "Rollin' Stone" Sure 'nough, he's a "Rollin' Stone" Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a Well, I feel, yes I feel Feel that I could lay down oh, time ain't long I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin' Back, back down the road I'm goin' Back down the road I'm goin' Back down the road I'm goin' Sure 'nough back, sure 'nough back

Author: Jake Robinson
Last modified: 4/23/2017 9:50 AM (EST)